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Irene Waters
Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
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Magic: Weekly Photo Challenge
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft “Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone … Continue reading
Le Tiny Swiss Vapeur Parc: Weekly Photo Challengs
For me it felt like I was Gulliver in Lilliput but for the model train enthusiast it must feel like heaven. The entire park of 17,000 square metres is built on a scale of 1:4 Taking 120,000 man hours to … Continue reading
Chaos closer to home: Weekly Photo Challenge
At the art gallery I can usually find many items that let me think that there is some kind of chaos in the artist’s mind. Or still at the art gallery organised chaos for the children to be as creative … Continue reading
Chaos Around the Mekong Delta: Weekly Photo Challenge
Wherever there are large numbers of people chaos in one form or another will be present. Whether on the waterway in the housing or the market places both water markets and land based But perhaps the most evident chaos of … Continue reading
Transmogrification in Nature: Weekly Photo Challenge
The Great Geysir (originally just Geysir) is found in southwestern Iceland in the Haukadalur valley. In recent years it has become infrequent in its eruptions so on my visit in 1990 it was Strokkur geyser situated 50 metres from the … Continue reading
Early morning Shine: Weekly Photo Challenge
Inside and outside the blinding sun distorts, obliterates and shines creating rainbows of colour creating little lights that are only visible from one angle only changing the colour of cloth and allowing shadows to form. Again it fools that a … Continue reading
Local between the Rivers and the Sea: Weekly Photo Challenge
A scene so familiar I call it my bridge over my river, Weyba Creek. On the other side of me flows the Noosa River, as familiar, as loved. Both rivers heading out to sea just five minutes from where I … Continue reading
H2O (Water): Weekly Photo Challenge
Being a Piscean water has always fascinated me. Water in all its forms. Elemental. Essential. H2O. All this water was found in New Zealand. In response to the weekly photo Challenge.
Nostalgia: Weekly Photo Challenge
My Mum used to say “Irene you’ve got the memory of an elephant and an elephant never forgets.” Being a memoirist, reflecting on times in the past is not an uncommon pastime of mine. Nor is my habit of staring … Continue reading
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